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. 1966 May 27;152(3726):1262-3.
doi: 10.1126/science.152.3726.1262.

Polymorphism in some nearctic halictine bees

G Knerer, C E Atwood

Polymorphism in some nearctic halictine bees

G Knerer et al. Science. .

Abstract

Average difference in size between queens and workers of four social Halictinae common to southern Ontario ranges from 6 percent in Augochlorella striata (Prov.) to 15 percent in Evylaeus cinctipes (Prov.). Spring larvae receive. provisions averaging 33.9 milligrams and become small workers; summer larvae consume on average 61.7 milligrams and develop into large queens and males.

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